Ghost stories from Switzerland

The Cartographer’s Game

The summer I turned thirteen, my family moved to the outskirts of a town named Grey Hollow, into a house that smelled of old paper and forgotten things. I had...

The Shattered Horsehead

My name is Leyla, and I am twenty-three now. This story begins three years ago when my mother and I moved from our cramped apartment in Istanbul to a quieter...

The Blooming in the Basement

We moved into the old carriage house on Hemlock Lane in early autumn, lured by the cheap rent and the promise of quiet. The place smelled of dust and dry...

The Persistent Hum

The first thing I noticed about the new apartment was the hum. It wasn’t loud—more like a deep, persistent vibration that seemed to come from the walls themselves. Our building...

The Pale Procession

I was born in Bern, Switzerland, but my family is originally from Istanbul. My name is Elif, and I’ve always felt caught between worlds. The story I’m about to tell...

The Open Seam

My name is Elias, and I’ve lived in the Swiss Alps my entire life, in a village so small that the postman only comes twice a week. I’m not particularly...

The Ledger of the Unfinished

My grandmother left me a house in the middle of a dying orchard, where the trees leaned like old men telling secrets. The deed was wrapped in a letter: ‘Maren,...

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